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Remembering the Vietnam War 40 years after the U.S. left

Gillian Flaccus and Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press

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03/28/2013 04:54:16 PM MDT

U.S. soldiers left Vietnam 40 years ago today

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. President Richard M. Nixon announces the withdrawal. Photos: A look back at the Vietnam WarPhotographer Collection: Horst Faas in VietnamForty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country ...